Gl bal TTalkalk December, 2005 Issue 2 Cool New Things Are Blowing Your Way GL BAL TALK nd The First UO Multilingual Publication- 2 ISSUE Recently, when a former student of mine told me that he'd seen "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" in Taiwan this summer, I felt a certain wistful twinge. What a pity, I thought, that so many top-drawer Asian movies--like Hayao Miyazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle," for example—don't play in mainstream U.S. theaters. There is a slow increase in the number of foreign films coming to the American screen, but it is still a mere trickle compared to the flood of blockbusters being exported. This is also true of T.V. shows. A few years back, Japanese dramas swept Asia like a storm, displacing even some of the American sitcom imports. More recently, Korean dramas have been bringing tears to their Asian audiences as well. But if I turn on the T.V. here in the U.S., I don't feel the slightest breeze from this veritable tempest. Likely one reason for this imbalance is that the U.S. entertainment industry is more sophisticated and its products more lavishly funded and marketed, thereby propelling American pop culture to the four corners of the world. But I can't help wondering how many foreign gems are lost in this all-consuming wave called "Hollywood." Entertainment and pop culture are only a fraction of a country's cultural contribution. If we consider all the other aspects of the world that we tend to turn blind eyes and deaf ears to, how ignorant we truly are! Perhaps that's why many UO students decide to learn a second language. Through language, one is naturally exposed to the culture—traditional and modern—of the people who live and breathe it. Global Talk hopes to open this window further, by bringing another breeze of cultural understanding to the UO campus. In this issue, the wind of "cool" will take you across parts of Asia and Europe, starting with Jay Chou, the coolest rap/hip hop artist in China and Taiwan. Brace yourself and enjoy! (And yes, in case you're wondering, he's been the biggest thing on the Asian Pacific Rim for a number of years now.) Denise Huang Gigliotti Instructor of First and Fourth Year Chinese East Asian Languages Department . CREDITS: COVER: Megan Edmunson INTRODUCTION: Denise Huang Gigliotti CHINESE SECTION: Benjamin Sky Brandt and Denise Huang Gigliotti (Editor), FRENCH SECTION: Laura Kramp, Marianna Shagalova (Editor), GERMAN SECTION: Hollie Welch and Matthias W. Vogel (Editor), ITALIAN SECTION: Matt Misely, Monica Remus, Caterina Digregorio, Laura Bocko, Bryan Davidson, Stefania Mclaughlin, Emily Shankman, Nicolino Applauso (Editor) JAPANESE SECTION: Kellen Wertz, Satomi Ohashi, Sayuri Satofuka, Naoko Nakadate (Editor) MIDDLE EAST SECTION: Sara Mostafavi and Harinder K P Hennesy RUSSIAN SECTION: Stacey Lennon, Patrick Benad, Brittany Brown, Amberle Johnson, Dmitri Venkov (Editor) SCANDINAVIAN SECTION: Paul Quillen, Anders Hansen, Harriet E Bagdade (Editor). SPANISH SECTION: Max Gimbel and Lisa Renee Digiovanni (editors) BACK PAGE: Jared Peacock FOUNDING EDITOR: Nicolino Applauso. _________________________________________________________________________________________ _ SPECIAL EVENTS THIS MONTH: 1) International Resource Center Fall 2005 Film Festival presents: King of Mask, Chinese movie, December 2 7-9 p.m. at the IRC (at the EMU). 2) Japanpalooza Film Fest. Dec 16-17 “Princess Mononoke "(1997) and "Tampopo" (1985) 8 p.m. at 110 W. Broadway, Eugene, Free shows. GLOBAL TALK is seeking people for contribution in any language sections, email [email protected] if interested. ACKNOWELDGEMENTS: We would like to thank: the East Asian Languages Department, The Germanic Department, The Yamada language Center, and the Romance Languages Department. Without their financial support this publication would have never been possible. 2 HINESE Section (2005 年 十二月) Cool New Things: 十一月的蕭邦 Vocabulary So, what’s the coolest new thing １Happy New Year! happening this winter at the UO? Of course, all of the Culture Nights 新 年 快 樂! presented by international student Xin1nian2 kuai4le4! groups! In particular, don’t miss 恭 賀 新 禧! China Night on Sunday, January 22, 2006 presented by the CSA. There Gong1he4 xin1xi3! will be authentic Chinese food and ２It’s freezing! performances to represent diversity and culture on the UO campus. 周杰倫，一個天生的藝人。從小就對音 冷 死 了! CSA needs volunteers to help Leng3 si3 le! with China Night. We’ll be working 樂情有獨鍾的他，很早就會自己作曲， ３Look! It’s snowing! full time from January 5 through 22, 做出屬於自己的音樂。他用樂音擄獲了 preparing for this huge event. There (你) 看! 下 雪 了! will be a volunteer dinner for anyone 每一個聽過他音樂的人的心。每一次聽 interested the first week of classes to 他的音樂都能感受到他在音樂裡的衝擊 (Ni3)kan4! Xia4xue3le! kick things off, so look for posters 與感動。他是年輕人爭相模仿的對象， ４How cool! and our table when you come back from winter vacation in January. 也成為少女心目中的夢中情人，當然在 真 酷! All volunteers will be rewarded 音樂歌壇上也大大受到矚目，為音樂界 Zhen1 ku4! with complementary tickets to China ５Have you read the new "Global Night, including the dinner and the 創造了另一個新世紀。 performances. If you’re interested, 亞洲天王周杰倫的第六張國語專輯「十 Talk"? please email us at [email protected], 你看了新的“Global Talk”了嗎? and let us know you’d like to 一月的蕭邦」，大家期待已久，終於發 Ni3 kan4 le xin1de "Global volunteer at China Night. 行了。大家可以在這張專輯當中， 感受 * * * * * * * * * * * * Talk" le Ma? 出杰倫在音樂裡潛藏的浪漫古典因子， November's Chopin by Jay Chou 6 When is China Night ? Taiwanese mega star Jay Chou 聽完這張專輯一定會讓你發掘不同層面 China Night 是什麼時候? finally released his highly anticipated 的周杰倫！ album, November's Chopin! Jay China Night shi4 she2me Chou has always looked up to 其中主打歌「夜曲」的歌名是源自於蕭 shi2hou4? Frederic Chopin, known as "The Poet 邦的知名作品「夜曲」，是專輯最早完 7 Sunday, January 22! of the Piano" since he started 一月二十二號, 星期天! learning classical music at a very 成的作品，也是整張專輯精神的所在！ Yi1yue4 er4shi2er4 hao4, young age. Now it's Chou's turn to 在歌詞中，「為妳彈奏蕭邦的夜曲，紀 demonstrate his poetic music in xing1qi2tian1! November's Chopin. The first track, 念我死去的愛情，跟夜風一樣的聲音， 8 Do you know how you can "Nocturne" expresses the intense 心碎的很好聽…」整首歌的歌詞發揮到 help at China Night? emotions for a late lover with 淋漓盡致。而這首歌的音樂風格融合了 你知道怎麼幫 China Night 嗎? reference made to Chopin's famous Nocturne. Other tracks also carry a 古典吉他與嘻哈饒舌，旋律優雅流露古 Ni3 zhi1dao4 zen3me bang1 China Night ma? strong classic mood. The songs 典氣息又不失周杰倫的個人風格！給人 "Drifting" and "All The Way North," 9 E-mail [email protected]! 新意盎然的驚喜！周杰倫表示：「吉他 which he tailored for the blockbuster 寄電腦郵件給 CSA! film, Initial D, now appear in 的旋律非常有古典味，Rap 的加入讓整 November's Chopin as bonus tracks, Ji4 dian4nao3 you2jian4 gei3 making the album a musical delight 首曲子很炫，是一首有創意的小調情歌 CSA! with as many as 12 enchanting 。」 by Kelly Lien 第 3 頁(di4san1ye4) songs! (Source: www.yesasia.com) RENCH Section (DECEMBRE 2005) France Tightens Vocabulaire Immigration Controls Prix Goncourt Heureuse année! Dominique de Villepin, the Happy New Year! French prime minister, announced François Weyergans a gagné le Il fait un froid de canard! measures to tighten immigration Prix Goncourt le Jeudi 3 It’s freezing! (cold of a duck) into France, specifically relating novembre 2005 pour son livre Regarde, il neige! to family groups, marriage and Trois jous chez ma mère. Look, it’s snowing! the selection of foreign students. C’est cool! Source: www.lemonde.fr Résumé du livre That’s cool! Senegal Defers Case to Nuit après nuit, un Est-ce que tu as vu le Global Talk homme très perturbé nouveau? African Union se protège en Have you seen the new Global Talk? The government of Senegal has évoquant son passé - Joyeux Noël! decided to hand-over the case of tant de voyages, tant Merry Christmas! former Chadian president Hissène de rencontres Habré to the African Union. A French Christmas Cookies amoureuses qui Ingredients: 1/2 c. butter Belgian court has requested the restent obsédantes. extradition of Mr. Habré, who has 3/4 c. sugar Sa mémoire lui donne le vertige. 1/2 c. honey been living in Senegal for the last Ses souvenirs l'aideront-ils à aller fifteen years, for the torture and 2 egg yolks mieux ? Il s'invente une série de 1/4 c. milk murder of political prisoners doubles qui mènent une vie when he was in power. This case 1 tsp. vanilla sentimentale tout aussi agitée que 3 1/2 c. sifted cake flour has become a test of whether la sienne. Il pourrait aller rendre former heads of state should be Directions: Cream butter until soft, visite à sa mère. Elle vit seule en add sugar and beat. Add honey and judged in foreign courts, Provence et aura bientôt quatre- especially in the case of former egg yolks. Add milk, vanilla, and vingt-dix ans. Il a d'abord un beat. Add flour gradually. Beat after African heads of state being travail à finir. Sa mère lui déclare extradited to former colonial addition. Chill dough. Roll out and : "Au lieu d'envoyer des fax à ta cut. Bake 10 minutes at 375 degrees. powers such as Belgium. dizaine d'amoureuses, tu devrais Source: www.bbc.co.uk Cool and frost with white or publier un livre, sinon les gens chocolate icing. Paris Hotels Fined vont croire que tu es mort." Source: www.cooks.com Six of Paris' most prestigious www.evene.fr Film: “Palais Royal” hotels have been fined for Armelle (Valérie Lemercier) est une sharing commercial Le Prix Goncourt, la distinction la gentille orthophoniste, information, helping to keep plus prestigieuse pour la mariée à Arnaud prices artificially high. The litterature française, a été accordé (Lambert Wilson) Crillon, Bristol, Meurice, Piazza par l’Académie Goncourt chaque jeune frimeur et fils Athenee, Ritz and George V année depuis 1903. Autres cadet du roi André et hotels were accused of operating auteurs qui ont gagné ce prix sont de la reine Eugénia a cartel by competition regulators.